Defining Harness Design Preferences for Altium Designer

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The page in the Harness Design category of the Preferences dialog provides access to preferences relating to features and functionality of Harness Design.

For detailed information about harness designs, refer to the Harness Design page.


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The Harness Design – General page of the Preferences dialog is used to configure options of newly created wiring diagram (*.WirDoc) and layout drawing (*.LdrDoc) documents.

The Harness Design – General page of the Preferences dialog
The Harness Design – General page of the Preferences dialog

Length Units

Select the default length units (mm, cm, m, in, or ft) that will be applied to a newly created wiring diagram or layout drawing. Length units can also be specified at the local document level using the Length Units drop-down in the Properties panel when no object is selected in the document.

  • In a wiring diagram document, Strip Length and Pull Off Length values of socket cavities are displayed using the selected units.

  • In a layout drawing document, bundle Length and bundle object Length Value and Offset Length values are displayed using the selected units.

Default Blank Sheet Size
  • Sheet Size – use the drop-down to select the default blank sheet size that will be applied to a newly created wiring diagram or layout drawing. Sheet size can also be specified at the local document level using the Page Options settings of the Properties panel when no object is selected in the document.

  • Drawing Area – reflects the dimensions of the sheet size chosen in the Sheet Size field. This field is  not editable.

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The Harness Design – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog provides numerous controls relating to the default settings within the harness design space.

The Harness Design – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog
The Harness Design – Defaults page of the Preferences dialog

Default Primitives
  • Primitives – use this field to change the units.

  • Primitive List – a list of primitives that can be used in the harness design editor (filtered in accordance with the chosen entry for the Primitives field above). Click on the listed Primitives to change the available default values as described.

To view and edit the settings and options for each primitive, click on the desired entry in the Primitive List. Information for each primitive can be found at the following links:

The links below provide information on all properties available for harness design objects. Note that some properties are only available in the Properties panel during or after the placement and are not available as default settings in the Preferences dialog.

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软件的功能取决于您购买的Altium产品级别。您可以比较Altium Designer软件订阅的各个级别中包含的功能,以及通过Altium 365平台提供的应用程序所能实现的功能。

如果您在软件中找不到某个讨论过的功能,请联系Altium销售团队以获取更多信息。